Here is where I am at. All the credit in the world goes to snapshooter who provided me with the stunning playlist view. (I'm just not up to that level yet but one of these days...) I have changed everything else. I'm posting this mostly as an example of how nice the Home Stereo Display can look once you get it working. This is version 1.8 VIP but with a number of code changes that I made; most importantly the first/last played display is now replaced by album and year. Be warned that you need an older version of the Track Info Mod DLL to get this code to work. I can provide it if anyone wants.

I finally finished playing with Home Stereo Display's SDK and finished my build. It's not the best and not everything is used, but it has everything I need. There's an empty box, but that's reserved for if I ever decide to use the rating sytem (stars).

I followed everything from acedriver, but changed a few things. The Stereo Display is locked at 600x130, the album art is locked at 200.

For anyone who uses the trackinfo mod, do you find your song progress bar/counter doesn't keep track? I find mine does that. The default Foobar seekbar is fine, but trackinfo mod won't play ball.

Also album art. My album art for columns ui seems to be selective which art to display properly. Some images are blurry - all are .jpegs. Correct ones can be (approx) 300x300 or 1500x1500 for example, but blurry ones can also be a high-ish res.

For anyone who uses the trackinfo mod, do you find your song progress bar/counter doesn't keep track? I find mine does that. The default Foobar seekbar is fine, but trackinfo mod won't play ball.

Also album art. My album art for columns ui seems to be selective which art to display properly. Some images are blurry - all are .jpegs. Correct ones can be (approx) 300x300 or 1500x1500 for example, but blurry ones can also be a high-ish res.

Thanks

I'm using an older version of TrackInfo mod for the home stereo display and not having a problem with the progress bar. JPEGs display as expected. Too large might be your problem. Mine are mostly 300*300 or 400*400.